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Phytoresources from North Cachar Hills of Assam-III : Edible plants sold at Haflong markethttp://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13816
Title: Phytoresources from North Cachar Hills of Assam-III : Edible plants sold at Haflong market
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<br/>Authors: Medhi, P; Borthakur, S K
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<br/>Abstract: The hilly town
Haflong is located at the foothill of Borail range at the elevation of 936.04 m above msl and
between 25<span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:
" times="" new="" roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"times="" roman";letter-spacing:.2pt;="" mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:symbol"="" lang="EN-GB">°<sup> </sup>11’ N latitude and 93<span style="font-family:Symbol;mso-ascii-font-family:" times="" new="" roman";="" mso-hansi-font-family:"times="" roman";letter-spacing:.2pt;mso-char-type:symbol;="" mso-symbol-font-family:symbol"="" lang="EN-GB">° 11’ E longitude. The present
paper deals with the extensive collection and study (during October 2007 to
January 2009) of the edible phytoresources sold mostly by the folk women in
weekly market at Haflong. Emphasis was mainly given to wild as well as
landraces and local cultivars of the crop plants. The study provides
information on their botanical name, family, vernacular names, frequency,
habit, biological status, plant parts used, mode of use and also market rate of
the plant resources observed. Study reveals that out of <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:
bold">254 plants/local cultivars collected and identified belongs to 170
genera and 75 families. Biological status analysis recorded as: primitive
cultvar/jhum cultivar/cultivar (151), semi-wild/semi-domesticated (49), wild
(45) and weed
(09) species/varieties of plants. A total of 49 edible species have also been
recorded to be domesticated from the
study area.
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<br/>Page(s): 84-109Effect of nitrogen on growth, biomass and oil composition of clary sage (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Salvia sclarea</i> Linn.) under mid hills of north western Himalayashttp://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13815
Title: Effect of nitrogen on growth, biomass and oil composition of clary sage (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Salvia sclarea</i> Linn.) under mid hills of north western Himalayas
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<br/>Authors: Sharma, Saurabh; Kumar, Rakesh
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<br/>Abstract: A pot
experiment was conducted during 2008-2009 at CSIR-Institute of Himalayan
Bioresource Technology, Palampur,
India to study
the effect of nitrogen <span style="mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">on growth,
biomass and oil composition of clary sage (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Salvia
sclarea</i> Linn.). In this study, growth parameters, viz. plant height,
number of leaves, canopy spread and yield attributing characters like
inflorescence length, plant biomass as well as oil composition were
investigated. Besides this, quality evaluation was also done. Five doses of
N application, <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">viz. control, No
nitrogen (T<sub>1</sub>), 1.5 g N/plant (T<sub>2</sub>), 3.0 g N/plant (T<sub>3</sub>),
4.5 g N/plant (T<sub>4</sub>) and 6.0 g N/plant (T<sub>5</sub>) were tested.
Eighteen constituents were found in T<sub>1</sub>, 17 in T<sub>2</sub>, 21 in T<sub>3</sub>,
16 in T<sub>4</sub> and 18 in T<sub>5</sub>, which are major in percentage and
representing 86.24, 82.57, 93.23, 81.96 and 83.51% of the oil composition,
respectively. Clary sage responded to N application up to 3.0 g N/plant and
recorded significantly higher leaf, flower and total biomass/plant than other
treatments. Likewise high content of linalyl acetate (32.11%) and linalool
(19.10%) was recorded in this treatment.
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<br/>Page(s): 79-83<i>In vitro</i> evaluation of antibacterial activity of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Acrostichum aureum</i> Linn.http://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13814
Title: <i>In vitro</i> evaluation of antibacterial activity of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Acrostichum aureum</i> Linn.
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<br/>Authors: Thomas, Toji
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<br/>Abstract: <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Acrostichum aureum</i><span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic" lang="EN-GB"> Linn.<i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">,</i> a medicinal pteridophyte
is used as an anthelmintic and styptic in traditional systems of medicine. In
the present study, fronds of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">A. aureum</i>
were evaluated for their antibacterial potential and phytochemical contents in
various solvent extracts of the plant in increasing polarity towards pathogenic
bacterial species involved in skin diseases in human beings. Antibacterial
activity was evaluated by disc diffusion method. The results indicated that the
fronds of the plant showed antibacterial activity especially in methanol and
acetone extracts. The methanol extract showed maximum activity towards <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal">Pseudomonas aeruginosa, </i>a resistant
strain towards <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Amoxicillin and <span style="mso-bidi-font-style:italic">Chloramphenicol. Petroleum ether and
water extracts did not show any antibacterial activity towards any of the
tested organisms. The presence of flavonoids and phenols were observed in
various extracts. The high flavonoid and phenol content in the plants may be
one of the reasons for their antibacterial activity. Methanolic extract of the
plant exhibited minimum inhibitory concentration as 50 mg/ml and minimum
bactericidal concentration as 25 mg/ml towards <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">P. aeruginosa.</i>
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<br/>Page(s): 135-138Impact of soil oxygenation on seed quality of chickpea (<i>Cicer arietinum</i> Linn. cv. ‘vijay’) under organic farming conditionhttp://nopr.niscair.res.in/handle/123456789/13813
Title: Impact of soil oxygenation on seed quality of chickpea (<i>Cicer arietinum</i> Linn. cv. ‘vijay’) under organic farming condition
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<br/>Authors: Thakare, Utkarsha; Patil, Neelam; Malpathak, Nutan
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<br/>Abstract: Pot culture
experimentation was carried out on chickpea (<i>Cicer arietinum</i> Linn. cv.
‘vijay’) at P.G. Research Center, Department of Botany, Tuljaram Chaturchand
College, Baramati, using oxygenated peptone (2g/pot) as soil aerator. This
treatment enhanced root system with increased length and biomass of root
exhibiting increased absorptive area. This led to increase in total nitrogen,
total phosphorous and total potash in root, stem and leaf. The treatment also
increased accumulation of manganese, calcium and magnesium in root, stem and
leaf, while zinc content was found to be decreased in root as well as in stem
and it was stable in leaf. Interestingly, iron content was enhanced in leaf and
root while it showed decrease in stem. The copper content was increased in
root, stable in stem and decreased in leaf. The treatment resulted in early
flowering and early maturity. There was increase in pods/plant as well as fresh
wt and dry wt of 100 pods. The same is seen in seeds. The biochemical
constituents of seed like total solids, ash, total acids, moisture content and
crude fibre showed significant increase. The treatment also had an upper hand
in soluble proteins, total carbohydrates and ascorbic acid under experimental
condition. This indicated better nutritional quality of experimental seeds. The
activity of enzymes like catalase, peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase was at
higher level under the treatment condition. It is concluded that treatment of
oxygenated peptone is useful for the qualitative and quantitative enhancement
in chickpea under organic farming condition.
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